stu you can go deep into to mexico with me and bcbuck. sappose to be alot of coyotes not many hunter's there. Rick

I don't have a passport.

neither do i. we can jump the border. it will be ok. Rick

OK

i'm joking very nervous of mexico. getting my self pumped up for the hunt. Rick

Speaking of Mexico, what's it like SW of Las Cruces? It's been 25 years since I've really been down there. Are we going to run into drug runners, "coyotes", and other riff-raff?

I'm not real sure which way I'm going to head...will wait until I've talked around a bit.

There are wolves in the Gila, so be careful there.

Check this out:
http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/es/documents/QuarterlyWolfLocationMap7-09-9-09_000.pdf

I talked to Border Patrol. There's not much activity down there right now. All efforts are concentrated on the border, and that's where most of the trouble stops.

It's great calling down there, but you may be checked by border patrol.

Rick, While I may get out for a few spots, I'll be looking forward to seeing everyone...

I've been "Pumped Up" for this one since last July, when they announced the location...It's been a couple of years since I was down in Las Cruces on other business, but I thought at the time, I sure would love to spend a couple of days in the area....just prowling the back roads..

If you have a Garmin or Lowrance GPS, pick up NMTRAX from http://www.koutdoorproducts.com. It is BLM map on steroids right on your GPS. Paper maps can be nice but when you are quickly scouting or looking for where a property or boundary edge is, there is nothing better, faster, or more accurate.

You will not be sorry. There still is enough time to get your map before the convention but you need to order soon.

maybe we'll get a chance to hunt together, rick. when do you plan to get in?

Cool, I was going to post your link bc I thought you had the area covered. Good to see it's so.

around the 10th i'm sure. Rick

well, that gives us the week to figure something out.

I have an old Garmin 12XL, I doubt that it can use the maps. I checked it today & found that the batteries corroded, dunno if it can be salvaged of not.

It's a handheld unit & quite primitive compared to what we can buy now, but it sucks to have it hosed like that.

Stu, unfortunately, no the Garmin 12XL did not accept maps. All the Garmin Nuvis do and any of the handhelds that have an x at the end such as Legend HCx, Vista, HCx, 60CSx, 76CSx, etc in their name as well as the Oregon and Colorado series. For Lowrance, pretty much all of them accept map memory cards.

These maps are nothing short of amazing. Once someone uses one, they will wonder how they hunted without one.